INSERTING and REPLACING Infravio Publishes Definitive Guide to SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Insert after "Infravio Resource Center" in "Availability" section: http://www.infravio.com/resource_center/#whitepapers The corrected release reads: INFRAVIO PUBLISHES DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SOA GOVERNANCE Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a SOA. SOA governance can be seen as an overlay on IT governance, but its focus is more organizational, since services are closely related to business activities. AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Available Today, White Paper Brings Clarity to SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. Adoption, Governance; Outlines Requirements for End-to-End SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management Infravio, Inc., the SOA Governance Company, today announced the availability of its comprehensive guide to SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management. Gartner, Inc. recently predicted that "In 2006, lack of working governance mechanisms in midsize-to-large (greater than 50 services) post-pilot SOA projects will be the most common reason for project failure (0.8 probability)."(1) Despite the significant risks to vital enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture See SOA. (SOA) projects, there are few authoritative guides to SOA Governance that clearly illustrate policy management across the disparate groups and stages involved in enterprise SOA. This paper builds the comprehensive case for SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management. Designed for enterprise architects, SOA practitioners, IT staff, software developers, and informed lay persons with an interest in SOA, the latest Infravio white paper discusses the link between SOA adoption and governance, and reveals the key requirements that underlie today's demand for end-to-end SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management. Executive Summary Governance is the art and discipline of managing outcomes through structured relationships, procedures, and policies. Although you can't buy SOA Governance in a boxed product, having working governance mechanisms in place, as Gartner suggests, can mean the difference between success and failure. Such systems can help automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. complex governance processes, establish appropriate service lifecycles, and help users visualize and secure their SOA. SOA has a lot of complex moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. , and a good foundation for SOA Governance makes "doing the right things" easier and "doing the wrong things Wrong Things is a collaborative short-fiction collection by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan, released by Subterranean Press in 2001. This short hardback includes one solo story by each author and one story written in collaboration, as well as an afterword by Kiernan. " harder. Lifecycle Management establishes orderly processes and reduces risks in SOA implementations. However, adoption by lifecycle stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. such as developers, IT operations staff, and business users is only the first step towards enterprise SOA. Coordinating and aligning diverse groups from central IT, business unit IT, and even external customers, partners, and suppliers places unique demands on an SOA Governance policy infrastructure. This paper also introduces the Infravio X-Registry Platform(TM) 6, a Registry Repository-based foundation for SOA Governance. This product is designed to support a distributed, federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. SOA environment and to support interdependent in·ter·de·pen·dent adj. Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" stakeholders whether they are cross-lifecycle, cross-organization, or across companies and trading partners. Infravio X-Registry Platform is the highest rated SOA Governance Registry product reviewed by InfoWorld Labs. The X-Registry Platform represents over 150 person-years of engineering and product development work, and at version 6 is the most mature product of its type. The combination of powerful SOA Governance applications on top of a customer proven policy foundation makes Infravio X-Registry Platform 6 the most complete SOA governance and lifecycle management platform available today. Availability The 49-page white paper, "The Definitive Guide to SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management," is available at the Infravio Resource Center (http://www.infravio.com/resource_center/#whitepapers), via email at info@infravio.com, or by calling 1.408.861.3000. About Infravio, Inc. Infravio, Inc. is The SOA Governance Company. Founded in 1999, Infravio has deep expertise through award-winning Fortune 1000 customer projects. The Infravio X-Registry Platform(TM) provides SOA builders with visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all , design time, run time, and change governance across the lifecycle. It features the patent pending Service Delivery Contracts(TM) to improve the configurability and agility of services. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Infravio is backed by venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] , Walden International and Crystal Ventures, as well as NetIQ Corp. (Nasdaq:NTIQ). For more information, please call 1.408.861.3000, email info@infravio.com, or visit www.infravio.com. (1) "Management Update: Predicts 2006: The Strategic Impact of SOA Broadens" by Jess jesse, jess a leather strap placed around each shank of a hawk used for hunting, for the attachment of a leash. Thompson, Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, and Paolo Malinverno, Gartner, Inc., November 23, 2005 Infravio X-Registry Platform and Service Delivery Contracts are trademarks of Infravio, Inc. 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